,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ddc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #aj1        
#bjai,mr4 ,bilirakis introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and ,labor1
 and in addition to the ,committee on   
the ,judiciary1 for a period to be      
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to authorize the ,attorney  
,general to establish a five-year pilot 
program to make grants to local         
educational agencies for the hiring of  
school resource officers1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,promoting ,resource
 ,officers ,together for ,exceptionally 
,critical ,targets with ,key            
,investments in ,districts and ,schools 
,act of #bjai or the ,,protect ,,kids   
,act4  #b4 ,grants for the hiring and   
training of school resource officers    

7a7 ,establishment ,the ,attorney       
,general may establish a five-year pilot
 program to make grants to local        
educational agencies to enter into      
partnerships with local law enforcement 
agencies for the hiring of school       
resource officers to operate in and     
around elementary schools and secondary 
schools4  7b7 ,application requirement  
,a grant may be made under subsection   
7a7 if a local educational agency       
submits an application to the ,attorney 
,general at such time1 in such manner1  
and containing such information as the  
,attorney ,general may require4 ,the    
application shall include a list of     
elementary schools or secondary schools 
in the jurisdiction of the local        
educational agency--  7#a7 that seek to 
use a school resource officer2  7#b7 at 
which no school resource officer is     
deployed at the time of the application2
 and  7#c7 to which a school resource   
officer is expected to be deployed using
 a grant4  7c7 ,preferential            

consideration of certain applications   
,in making grants under subsection 7a71 
the ,attorney general may give          
preferential consideration1 where       
feasible1 to local educational agencies 
determined by the ,secretary of         
,education to have a student population 
exceeding #fe1jjj in the jurisdiction of
 such local educational agency as of    
,january #a1 #bjai4  7d7 ,amount of     
grant ,the amount of a grant under this 
section may not exceed #aj1jjj1jjj for  
each fiscal year4  7e7 ,matching funds  
,the ,attorney ,general may make a grant
 under subsection 7a7 only if the       
applicant for the grant agrees to match1
 from funds provided from ,state or     
local government sources1 a cash amount 
equal to #ajj percent of the grant made 
available by the ,attorney ,general4    
7f7 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7    
,elementary school2 secondary school2   
local educational agency ,the terms     
elementary school1 secondary school1 and
 local educational agency have the      

meanings given those terms in section   
#haja of the ,elementary and ,secondary 
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ghja74  7#b7 ,school resource officer  
,the term school resource officer has   
the meaning given the term in section   
#agjf of the ,omnibus ,crime ,control   
and ,safe ,streets ,act of #aifh 7#cd   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajchi74  7g7 ,authorization  
of appropriations ,there are authorized 
to be appropriated #bbe1jjj1jjj for the 
first fiscal year beginning after the   
date of the enactment of this ,act1 and 
each of the next four fiscal years      
thereafter4